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The well-being outcomes of career guidance (2013)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2013). The well-being outcomes of career guidance. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 41(3), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2013.773959

The potential for career guidance to impact on well-being has received insufficient attention in the UK. There are both conceptual and empirical reasons to expect that the impacts may be positive, but a lack of evidence directly testing this proposit... Read More about The well-being outcomes of career guidance.

Assessing Cognitive Therapy Instead Of Neuroleptics: Rationale, study design and sample characteristics of the ACTION trial (2013)
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Morrison, A. P., Wardle, M., Hutton, P., Davies, L., Dunn, G., Brabban, A., …Turkington, D. (2013). Assessing Cognitive Therapy Instead Of Neuroleptics: Rationale, study design and sample characteristics of the ACTION trial. Psychosis, 5(1), 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2012.756539

Aims: Recent evidence regarding over-estimation of the efficacy of antipsychotics and under-estimation of their toxicity, as well as emerging data regarding alternative treatment options, suggest it may be time to introduce patient choice. However,... Read More about Assessing Cognitive Therapy Instead Of Neuroleptics: Rationale, study design and sample characteristics of the ACTION trial.

Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study (2012)
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Johnson, C. F., Macdonald, H. J., Atkinson, P., Buchanan, A. I., Downes, N., & Dougall, N. (2012). Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 62(604), 773-779. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp12x658304

BACKGROUND: Antidepressant prescribing continues to rise. Contributing factors are increased long-term prescribing and possibly the use of higher selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) doses. AIM: To review general practice patients prescr... Read More about Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study.

A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication (2011)
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Morrison, A. P., Turkington, D., Wardle, M., Spencer, H., Barratt, S., Dudley, R., …Hutton, P. (2012). A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50(2), 163-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2011.12.001

BACKGROUND: Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in an open trial for people with psychotic disorders who have not been taking antipsychotic medication. There is little known about predictors of outcome in CBT for psych... Read More about A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication.

Cognitive therapy for people with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis not taking antipsychotic medication: an exploratory trial (2011)
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Morrison, A. P., Hutton, P., Wardle, M., Spencer, H., Barratt, S., Brabban, A., …Turkington, D. (2012). Cognitive therapy for people with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis not taking antipsychotic medication: an exploratory trial. Psychological Medicine, 42(05), 1049-1056. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291711001899

Although antipsychotic medication is the first line of treatment for schizophrenia, many service users choose to refuse or discontinue their pharmacological treatment. Cognitive therapy (CT) has been shown to be effective when delivered in combinatio... Read More about Cognitive therapy for people with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis not taking antipsychotic medication: an exploratory trial.

Brief cognitive behavioural therapy for hallucinations: Can it help people who decide not to take antipsychotic medication? A case report (2011)
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Hutton, P., Morrison, A. P., & Taylor, H. (2012). Brief cognitive behavioural therapy for hallucinations: Can it help people who decide not to take antipsychotic medication? A case report. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 40(1), 111-116

Background: Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can be helpful for many people who experience psychosis; however most research trials have been conducted with people also taking antipsychotic medication. There is little evidence to know whether CBT... Read More about Brief cognitive behavioural therapy for hallucinations: Can it help people who decide not to take antipsychotic medication? A case report.

Accessing and maintaining legal representation for persons with mental disorder (2010)
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Stavert, J. (2010). Accessing and maintaining legal representation for persons with mental disorder. SCOLAG : Scottish Legal Action Group bulletin, 393, 143

It is vital that a person with mental disorder has equal access to the law without discrimination, whether or not they have capacity. This article examines issues relating to mental disordered persons and legal service provision. In particular it con... Read More about Accessing and maintaining legal representation for persons with mental disorder.

Provision of online normalising information to reduce stigma associated with psychosis: Can an audio podcast challenge negative appraisals of psychotic experiences? (2010)
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French, P., Hutton, P., Barratt, S., Parker, S., Byrne, R., Shryane, N., & Morrison, A. P. (2011). Provision of online normalising information to reduce stigma associated with psychosis: Can an audio podcast challenge negative appraisals of psychotic experiences?. Psychosis, 3(1), 52-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522431003717683

Cognitive models of psychosis suggest that challenging negative appraisals of psychotic experiences could directly reduce associated distress and stigma. A pilot study investigating whether online normalising information in the form of an audio podca... Read More about Provision of online normalising information to reduce stigma associated with psychosis: Can an audio podcast challenge negative appraisals of psychotic experiences?.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Possible implications for Scotland for persons with mental disorder (2009)
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Stavert, J. (2009). United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Possible implications for Scotland for persons with mental disorder. Green's Scottish Human Rights Journal, 47, 2

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Dis­abilities ("CRPD") and its Optional Protocol1 came into force on May 3,2008 and the UK government ratified them on June 8, 2009 and August 7, 2009 respectively This fol­lowed a lengthy drafting proc... Read More about United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Possible implications for Scotland for persons with mental disorder.

STEPS: Going beyond the tip of the iceberg. A multi‐level, multipurpose approach to common mental health problems (2008)
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White, J., Joice, A., Petrie, S., Johnston, S., Gilroy, D., Hutton, P., & Hynes, N. (2008). STEPS: Going beyond the tip of the iceberg. A multi‐level, multipurpose approach to common mental health problems. Journal of Public Mental Health, 7(1), 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/17465729200800007

STEPS is a primary care mental health team that has attempted to develop a very high volume multi‐level, multi‐purpose service for those with mild to moderate problems. The service attempts to overcome many of the limitations of more traditional serv... Read More about STEPS: Going beyond the tip of the iceberg. A multi‐level, multipurpose approach to common mental health problems.

From avoidance to acceptance: Mental health and the role of human rights in Europe. (2007)
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Stavert, J. (2007). From avoidance to acceptance: Mental health and the role of human rights in Europe. SCOLAG : Scottish Legal Action Group bulletin, 356, 119-125

Jill Stavert, Lecturer in law at Napier University, reviews the treatment of mental health as a social and political issue and identified challenges still to be met.